Egg-beater holder.



No. 7||,l85. Patented Oct. l4, I902.

W. B. SMITH.

EGG BEATEB HOLDER.

(Application filed. May 16, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM B. SMITH, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.

EGG-BEATER HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 71 1,185, dated October 14, 1902.

0 T0 ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM B. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg-Beater Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for holding or supporting rotary eggboaters while in use, and is especially adapted for use with what is known as the Dover type of egg-beater, which consists of a handle at the top of a frame or bar, from which depends bent wires or metal bands given a rotary motion in intersecting planes by an arrangement of intermeshing pinions driven by hand.

The especial object of my invention is to provide a cheap and effective support or holder for the handle of the egg-beater, so that it may be firmly and steadily held without requiring to be grasped by the hand of the operator, thus leaving one hand free to hold the vessel containing the eggs, cream, or other substance to be beaten or whipped, while the other hand rotates the drive-wheel of the beater in the usual manner.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of my application for patent, Figure 1 is a view in elevation showing my invention applied to an egg-beater of common form. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the holder alone, the clamp or locking-plate shown as raised to permit the removal of the beater; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line a: 00 of Fig. 1.

The following is a description in detail of the construction of my invention in preferred form, of its arrangement, and operation.

A is a metal bracket, the base a of which has screw-holes formed therein, whereby it may be secured to a wall or to an upright board, so that it will extend horizontally therefrom. The outer or free end portion of the bracket has formed in one of its faces a groove a extending around that portion of the bracket in ellipsoidal form, in this instance, to receive the handle of the egg-beater. The ends of the groove a merge into a verti- Application filed May 16,1902. Serial No. 107,570- (No model.)

cal groove a at the lower edge of the bracket, which is designed to receive the shank portion of the egg-beater just below its handle. The portion of the bracket within the ellipse, as a", is centrally bored to receive a threaded bolt, the threaded end of which projects at right angles from the bracket and has applied thereto a wing-nut b Pivoted on the bracket near its base is a clamping-plate O, the free end portion of which conforms in shape to the contour of the corresponding portion of the bracket. In the center of the clamping-plate is an opening a, from which extends downwardly and in a slight curve a slot 0 said opening and slot adapted to receive the bolt 1) when the plate is dropped down over the handle of the egg-beater. Around the opening the plate is thickened, as at 0 to form a frictional bearing for the wing-nut when it is screwed down. When the holder is not in use, the clamping-plate is turned upwardly and backwardly on its pivot, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 2.

In using the device the handle of the eggbeater is placed in the grooves a a which form a seat or socket therefor, so that the outer edge of the handle is flush, or nearly so, with the adjacent face of the bracket, such edge projecting only enough to bear against the inner face of the clamping-plate when it is brought down over same, as shown in Fig. 1. WVhen the plate is in said position, the wing-nut is screwed down on its bolt, and thereby presses the plate firmly against the projecting edge of the handle, thus locking it in place, supporting the egg-beater and preventing it from wabbling or working loose.

It will be apparent that should a heater be used the handle of which is not in the form of an ellipsoid the contour of the socketgroove would have to be changed to correspond with such handle.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An egg-beater holder consisting of a bracket having formed therein a socket adapted to receive the handle of the egg-beater a clamp pivoted on the bracket and having a portion fitting over the handle and means for holding the clamp in close engagement with said handle.

2. An egg beater holder consisting of a bracket having formed therein a groove adapted to receive the handle of the egg-beater, a clamp pivoted on the bracket and having a portion fitting over the groove in the bracket, and means for holding the clamp in close en gagemeut with the grooved portion of the bracket, substantially as set forth.

3. An egg-beater holder consisting of a horizontal bracket having formed therein a seat for the handle of the egg-beater and provided With a threaded bolt extending at right angles With the bracket, a clamping-plate piv- 

